10 february 2015

February is the month of love; the month of Valentine’s Day is a time to flourish one’s significant other with hugs,

kisses, roses, chocolates, and cheesy cards. Valentine’s day dates back to the 5th century and is related to a martyr named St. Valentine who was a priest. Throughout history, Valentine’s Day went from a day to get rid of injustices, to a Pagan holiday, and then in the end of the 5th century, Valentine’s Day became the holiday that we know today.

Saint Valentine lived in Rome and was a priest who would wed couples. The ruler at the time was named Emperor Claudius. He made the assumption that young men were better soldiers when they were single, because they didn’t have the worries of family and children. Claudius outlawed marriage all throughout Rome to make sure men stayed single. St. Valentine saw the injustice in this new law and still helped young couples get married in secret. Eventually, the Emperor of Rome

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changes over timeHow valentines day has evolved over the centuries

found out about his illegal actions and sentenced to death. Rumor has it that St. Valentine sent out the first Valentine’s day message. While in prison he sent a letter to young woman that he had fallen in love with and signed it saying “From your Valentine” a common phrase still used today.

Valentine’s Day was first a Pagan/Christian festival called Lupercalia. The festival was to celebrate fertility and the god Faunus the god of agriculture. The day has not always been February 14, the festival took place on the 15th of February. During this festival of religion each woman would put there name in a urn. After each name was submitted, a man at random would walk up to the urn and draw a name. These two people would then spend the next year together, and hopefully they would then fall in love and produce children. The festival of Lupercalia is referenced in the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. During the play the feast of Lupercalia is commencing, during the feast Mark

Antony is reminded to touch Calpurnia, Caesar’s’ wife for it will make her fertile. Lupercalia was then outlawed for being un-christian.

Valentines day shaped into the holiday that we know of today during the late 5th century after Lupercalia was outlawed and Emperor Claudius fell out of power. During this time Valentine’s Day was made to be on February fourteenth, because it is the day that birds are believed to mate, creating it a day of love. Valentine’s greetings date all the way back to the middle ages, but written Valentines became popular after the 1400’s. The oldest known Valentine dates back to 1415. The poem still exists today; it was a love poem written by Charles the Duke of Orleans.

It took a long time for Valentine’s Day to become the holiday that we know today. Valentine’s Day began with a martyr, transformed into a pagan festival for fertility and that is how February 14th became the day of hearts and love.

All Info was gathered from History http://www.history.com/topics/valen-tines-day/history-of-valentines-day

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Valentine’s day by the numbersHow Much America Really Spends to Show AffectionBy Amanda Nelson and Maddy Perkins

224 million -- The estimated number of roses grown for Valentine's Day.

$18.6 billion -- The total spending that will be reached by Valentine's Day.

$1.6 billion -- The amount people will spend on candy.

$4.4 billion -- The amount people will spend on diamonds, gold and silver.

$4.52 -- The average amount pet owners spent on their pets on Valentine's Day in 2012.

6 million -- The number of people who expect or are planning a marriage proposal.

29% -- The percentage of people who will type a romantic text message.

151 million -- The approximate number of cards that are exchanged on Valentine's Day.

64% -- The percentage of men who buy flowers for Valentine's Day.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/living/valentines-day-statistics-btn/

12 february 2015

By Kayla Calvert

That was awkwardSTudents around ghs share their previously embarassing stories

Valentine’s Day is the time of year to bring out those smooth moves to impress the opposite gender. If you already have a significant other, well you better remember to pick up a sweet

treat or flowers to remind him/her how special they are. While some experience Valentine’s Day as a romantic, blissful holiday, these students’ awkward experiences made the holiday one to remember, or more so to forget.

“My ex made me solve an equation to tell me he loved me,” said Jamie Goblirsch, senior.

“In 4th grade, [a boy in my grade] put a heart shaped box of chocolates in my locker,” said Callie Hawkins, junior. “The weird part was he awkwardly watched me open it. Then I went home and ate them all.”

“My boyfriend surprise ordered me two dozen roses and broke up with me a week later,” said Hannah Ehmke, senior.

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“In seventh grade we went to the Pizza Machine, and a boy won me a bear,” said Kassidy Otteman, junior. “I didn’t want [him to give it to me] so I ran away from him. He ended up putting it in my backpack and I didn’t see it until three days later.”

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I kept receiving random gifts from an unknown admirer. On Valentine’s Day, I found out it was some guy in Arkansas, and I had to change my number. I kept all the gifts though.” -Kaitlyn Everson, senior.

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By Maddy Perkins and Amanda Nelson

Mr. write?six words to describe the love lives of ghs students

“Love is a lie and evil.”

-Luke Vogel, junior

“I don’t have a love life.”-Tyler Kudlacek, junior

“Coffee is always there for me.”-Kassidy Vavra, junior

“My girlfriend’s always mad at me”-Mr. Jacob Jadlowski, social studies teacher

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•“We still love each other exclusively.”-Mrs. Nancy Turpen

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“The best thing in my life.” -Jake Edie, freshman

“I don’t have a love life.”

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“It’s currently nonexistent so that’s

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•“What is a love life exactly?”-Kacie Scharf, sophomore

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